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CLARE.   MICHIGAN.  TODAY   MORNING,   JANtf ARY 30, 1948
New Series Vol, 56. No. I*
OPENS
TURDAY
Brjends   And   Patrons   Incited
To Inspect Medera
New Building
Little did the people of this vicinity realize when J. W. Schaeffer
commenced delivering milk here -with
a pail and cup soon after the turn ot
the century that this, one of the first
dairying industries of the community-,
■would one day grow into the proportions that the Schaeffer dairying
Interests have assumed at the present time.
• In January, 1936, Harold Schaeffer,
a son of J. W., and Earl Ruby, a
son-in-law, took over the dairy business.
In January, 1939, Harold and Ehrl
formed a co-partnership in the dairy
business and in May of that year
opened the dairy bar in the building
fcuilt by Fred Busche, which the
toiry bar has occupied until moving
into the new Schaeffer building on
North McEwan  Street  this winter.
In January, 19-4, the partnership
was dissolved, with Earl continuing
the dairy and • Harold the dairy bar.
In May, 1946, Harold resigned from
his position at the Clare post office,
after eight years of Government
service here, to devote his entire
time to the dairy bar. "
The New Dairy Bar
The Harold Schaeffers announce
in a cooperative advertisement on
page ten of this week's Sentinel the
grand opening of their dairy bar in
its new building this Saturday, January 31, with the building and equipment contractors offering congratulations.
Realizing as much as two years
ago that the business was outgrow^
ing its quarters, the Harold Schaef-
fers procured a 100x264 foot lot on
North McEwan Street and Harold
has .not passed up an opportunity
since to purchase or order the building materials and equipment in
volved in opening in the new location.
The new cinder block building
measures 22x62 5feet and h'-s a twelve;
foot porch extending the entire
length of the building on each side,
providing drive-in curb service under
the shelter of the permanent can-_
opies.
As one enters the 20x40 foot serving room they find five roomy booths
with Formica topped tables, along
the south side and six tables with
Formica tops at the right front and
in the center of the room, which
with the fourteen leather topped
stools along the counter, furnish
seating for fifty-eight patrons. Near
the rear booth is a large new music
box.
Along the north side of the room
is a twenty-five foot counter, with
Formica top, three ice cream cabinets
with a total capacity of eighty gallons of ice cream; and a twelve foot
DeLuxe Bastian-BIessing stainless
steel and white porcelain soda fountain with an eight foot plate glass
mirror and capacity for an additional
fifty gallons of ice cream.
' The fountain also provides dry
cold storage for soft drinks and has
a triple sink, fitted for hot and cold
water, double draft arms, nine pump
containers for syrups, and eight containers for fruit flavors.
Next is  an eight foot white porcelain   work   counter,   with   shelves
and doors for storage, behind a six
(Continued On Page Seven)
Heavy Damage
In Garage Fire at
Gladwin Monday
* —	
Gladwin firemen fought for four
hours Monday afternoon, 'hampered
by strong winds, zero weather and
burning and exploding gasoline and
alcohol, to bring a fire under control
that caused between $75,000 and
$100,000 damage to the Drake Motor
Company salesroom and garage. The
extremely cold weather rendered the
gas masks practically useless and
gasoline fumes hindered the firemen
considerably.
The fire broke'out wheri an acetylene torch, used by a mechanic, set
fire to the gasoline tank of a car
that was being repaired.
ANNUAL DRIVE TO
FINANCE SCOUTING
FEBRUARY 9 -14
Aity. Harold B. Hughes Again
Campaign Chairman in
Clare County
County Chairman Atty. Harold B.
Hughes announced here this week
that the annual drive to raise funds
for the support of Boy Scouting activities in this district would be held
February 9 through February 14 and
that community chairmen and solicitation plans would be announced next
week.
The ctitizens of Clare county have
assumed the responsibility of financing this program, the results of
which can only fully be realized when
the lads of today have grown to fill
their places in society and business
as men, without questioning the
means of making each dollar do its
part for the benefit of the boys; but
this year this information is brought
to them through the following news
release.
Scouting, like the Red Cross, Salvation Army and other similar programs, is financed by the voluntary
contributions of citizens desirous of
seeing the program continued in their
community. Budgets are made and
the proportionate share assigned''itov
•the various communities and then the
funds raised by "drives," solicitations or other organized means.
In many Councils these funds are
supplemented by contributions from
individuals in the form of bequests,
endowments and outright gifts for
specific purposes such as buildings,
camps, training purposes, etc., as
well as to establish trust funds from
which the income derived is used to
continue the Scouting program.
In our Council we have two methods of financing. In Saginaw the
Community Chest includes Boy
Scouts as one of their agencies while
in the outlying areas funds are raised
by annual solicitation.
The funds are handled, and disbursed, on the authority of representative volunteers in the Council who
comprise the finance committee, and
complete information is available at
all times to those interested in the
financial picture. __
All funds are used in their entirety
for service and the promotion of
Scouting in the designated area, in
our case the five counties comprising
Valley Trails Council. The Council
budget for 1948 totals $31,750.00, assigned in the Council as follows—
Saginaw city and county, $18,898.00;
Clare County, $1400.00; Isabella,
?3891.67; Gratiot, ?4103.74; and Tus-
i Continued on Page Twelve)
Wallace Johnson was elected president of the Clare Rod and Gun Club
at the organization's annual meeting
held in the American Legion Rooms
of the Clare city hall Tuesday evening, with James Clute elected vice
president and Henry Kinsel re-elected secretary.
Directors elected for the coming
year are Theodore Bowler, Henry
Doll, Ray Archbold, Robert Kelsey,
Floren Pudvay, George White, and
Harold Wyman.
A resolution was adopted to ask
the Michigan Department of Conservation to release 500 full grown
pheasants in Clare county and to
supply, the community with pheasant
thlckte _md .eggs. The club went on.
record as favoring the general pheasant rehabilitation program of the
Michigan United Conservation Clubs
and voted its full support to the program.
Plans were commenced for the annual Rod and Gun Club banquet, to
be held in April, with George White
chairman of the "banquet committee
and Jack Little, Theodore Bowler
and Henry Doll committee members.
Charter Commission Explains New
Charter io Be Voted March 12
* This second article In a series submitted by the Charter Commission, explaining the proposed new city charter will discuss how the various city
officials can best work together in the
interest of Clare under the new plan
of government provided in the char,
ter.
Teamwork is as important to a
smoothly-running city government as
it is to a wianing baseball team.
Therefore, your charter commissioners decided to write into the proposed charter for Clare a form ot government which would encourage the
maximum amount of teamwork among
city officials.
Briefly, this form of government is
known as {he "commission-manager"
plan, and it is made workable by (1)
the employment of a professionally-
trained manager employed by the city
commission, (2) the election of a
small governing body, and (3) the
appointment of all city officials responsible for administrative jobs.
An adequate answer to the. question "what it. a city manage., and
VfW have one?" will require an en*
tire article, and it will he answered, in
tM nazt article in this seriea, as
otaor tew potato- trill tos aiocusaef in
Use rematafior 02 $Ms attlelo.
s>   Years ago people believed that the
j only way to get good responsible pub-
j lie officials was to elect all of them.
, The idea of a public "watchdog" was
very strong, and the citizens jealously
guarded their right to elect a long list
of officials.   In recent years, however,
j with more experience and more study,
it has been proved that this old theory
does not give the most efficient and
economical government.
The newer and more modern idea
is that only the policy-forming officials in a city government (that is, the
city council or city commission)
should be directly elected by the
people, Administrative officials and
employees, on the other hand, (those
who actually carry out the orders of
the policy-forming officials) should be
appointed by members of an elected
city commission.
The new charter provides for the
appointment of a city assessor, treasurer, clerk,, police chief, fire chief and
attorney. Why is this a better method than the direct election of all officials.
(1) The eitiaena of a city give their
legislative body the power  to   make
laws an<! decida lasses for the   city.
Therefore, If fee «ity commission haa
(Continued On Page Sevan)
To hold Giand Opening m noith en_s newest business building tomorrow^  —Photo by Clare Photo Service
SPORTSMAN CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
TUESDAY EVENING
Wallace, Johnson   Elected   To
Presidency of Clare Rod
And Gun Club
Infantile Paralysis   •
Fund Campaign Will
Close With Dances
With the annual March of Dime's
coming to a successful conclusion
here this evening, the 1948 fund raising campaign for the research and
treatment of infantile paralysis will
be climaxed by the President's Birthday Ball in the wedgewood Room at
the Hotel Doherty this Saturday evening. January 3_st.
Tickets may he purchased at the
hotel or from committee members
Mesdames Ernest; Green, Raymond
Verette, Leonel Green, Ben Burdo,
Cleland Green and' Chas, Jackson.
A March of Dimes dance will also
be sponsored by the Cl&re Odd Fellow
and Rebekah Lodges in the Clare I, O.
O. F. Hall Saturday evening,
"While You Are Dancing You May
Help Some Child to Walk."
DeMOLAY TEAM
MAINTAINS LEAD
II DISTSMGUE
PIONEER QUINTET
LOSES SECOND GAME
TO HARRISON HORNETS
Gresa - White Junior Varsity
Take the "Sting" Out of
Little Hornets
The Pioneers bowed to the Hornets
from Harrison, 36-23. That is the
second loss -to Harrison this season.
The Hornets dropped six quick points
through the hoop at the beginning of
the game, and the Pioneers were never able to forge ahead from there on
in. At the end of the first quarter
Harison was leading, 11-4. At half-
time they were leading. 16-9. In the
third quarter each team scored eight
points, and the score stood, Harrison
24, Clare 17. In the last quarter the
Pioneers tried to come from behind,
but didn't quite make it/ The final
score was 36 to 23 in favor of Harrison. Wallace was high for Clare
with nine points.
Box score for Clare:
FG       FT       T
Wallace 4 1 9
Campbell "10 2
Brinkerhoff 3 0 6
Johnston 1 0 2
Hahn    % 113'
Worstell 0 0 0
Joslin Oil
Richardson 0 0 0
10 3 23
The little Green and Whites
trounced the Harrison B team 40-22.
After the .Little Pioneers got their
lead. they were never threatened.
Beck Was high point for Clare with
10 points, and Grace had ei#ht points.
Both teams will play Reed City in
the Clare High School gym this Friday evening and the varsity will be
out for revenge «for the drubbing
they received at the hands of the
Reeds in the first game of the season.
Next Tuesday the Pioneers will goto Ithaca, for the Only game of the
season with their team; and they
will play the Coleman Comets a re»i
turn gajne on their floor a week from
tonight.
The stt_n-ft»ee of local fans i»
appreciated at «il games.
NEW CONSERVATION
OFFICER ASSIGNED
TO -LLAR£_ COUNTY
•Milton ^Misener To Continue As
Officer in Northern Half
of the County
Sixty-five young men assigned last
week to permanent stations in all
parts Of Michigan have completed the
longest, most intensive and careful
training ever given to rookie conservation officers.
Their six months of special training began August 1 at the department's training school on Higgins
lake, where this month they completed their special schooling in law,
court procedure, wildlife management, forestry, and forest fire control. But only half their training
time was spent in school; half was
in the field in company with exper-
ience4 officers. ,
Among the 24 "hew officers going
to the northern half of the lower
peninsula, t their c home towns and
places of assignment are: iJondhl
Bell of Bay City to Clare, Harold
, Bonnett of Levering to Marion, Rob-
Locals   Defeat   Saginaw   40-33 6rt Gouin of Cheboygan to Beaverton,
On  Their  Floor  Tues- [and  Victor   Gross   of  Rochester  to
day  Evening j Gladwin. t%
■ •       . '    Clare county  will  now  have  two
conservation   officers,   Mr.   Bell   as-
The    Clare    DeMolay    basketball ,sigIied to the lower half o£ the comi.
team chalked up their fourth con- ty with ms Headquarters at Clave,
secutive victory against.no losses in aIid MfIton Misener% Clare County
Seventh District DeMolay League .Conservation" Officer the past year
competition when they defeated Sag- ^ a halff vdll continue on fluty lrt
maw otf their floor Tuesday evening. the northem half o£ the Xiaami witll
This is the second time the locals headquarters at Harrison. Mr. Mis-
have defeated the Saginaw team this, ener succeeded Wayne -Tennant as
season. ; 0H^cer ^ere, the latter now serving
The scoring was comparatively as asslstant district SUperviSor with
even throughout the game, with Sag- headquarters at Gladwin. -
inaw leading by a 10-8 margin at the! Clare county is a part of Dlstrict
end of the first period, but the locals'Tw0j Includtag Muskegon, NeWaygo,
had forged ahead to _ a 21-15 lead by .Mecosta, Isabella, Midland and Bay
halftime and drawing away from counties and all area to the north in
their   opponents   as   the   game   pro-  the i,ower Peninsula.
gressed, lead them by a 46-33 score at ■ 	
the end of the encounter.
Jersey Joslin  kept  the hoops  hot ELECT OFFICERS. FOR *
throughout the game, scoring 25
points to lead the locals, with Windy
Perry accounting for 12 more.
Schuett was high man for Saginaw,
with eight points.
The locals will go to Midland next
Wednesday for a return game with Rehearsals To Commence Next
Marvin Witbeck
Leaves Kroger's To
Open Own Store
Marvin Witbeck left the Kroger
Company Bmploy Wednesday of last
week to prepare for operating a super
market as an independent. When
Kroger's occupy the new building now
being built for them, on West Fourth
Street, Marvin will occupy the building now occupied by Kroger's on McEwan Street-.
Marvin said that they certainly enjoyed serving the people of Clare and
vicinity and are sure that through the I
Independent Grocers Association they'
will be able, to serve the public as.
economically as ever. . j
They will have a complete stock-of
groceries, fresh and smoked meats,
frozen foods, arid a full variety of
fresh fruits and vegetables.'
ELTON SHERMAN
PLEADS GUILTY TO
FORGERY CHARGE
Madison   Court  Orders  Walter
Long To Support Wife
In Indiana
COMMUNITY CHORUS
MONDAY EVENING
the state championship defenders,
having defeated them here by "a 42-28
score.
Seventh   District   Standings
Won       Lost
Clare 4 0
Midland 4 2
Saginaw • 2 3
Bay City       % 0 3
Clare 36—Bay Gity 30
Clare 42—Midland 28
Clare 56—Saginaw 26
Clare -6—Saginaw 33
Wednesday, Feb. 4—Midland there.
Wednesday Feb. 11—Flint, here.      . Cool       Bublicityi
Wednesday Feb. 18—Bay City here.! p-a-^ Nash
Home games are played in the Clare |    The immediate program will be the
High School gymnasium.
Sunday For Easter Oratorio
"The Holy City"
An organizational meeting was
1 held Monday evening for the Community .Chorus for this year.
Officers and comittees are as follows: George Teeter, Chairman;
Miss Ella Cleveland, secretary; Mrs.
Harold Schaeffer, treasurer; Social
committee — Walter Eroh, Mrs.
Schaeffer, Mrs. George Lehr; Membership—Mrs. David Mair, Mrs. Vera
Lucas; Materials—Bob Krell, Jack
Fannie    Sehultz,
Elton Sherman, of Vernon Hiu> arrested by City Police December 5,
appeared before Judge Donald E. Holbrook in circuit court Monday morning and plead guilty, on the reading
of* information, to the charge of
forgery. The case was .referred to
Probation Officer Hoyt Reagan for
investigation before sentencing.
Two civil cases of interest ^which
will appear on the docket for this
Friday are those of Mrs. Walter
Miller vs John Meyer, appeal from
Justice court; and J, B. Meyer vs
Ben Lillie and Mrs. Ben Lillie, appeal
from justice^ court.
Paul Pelton, of Coleman, arrested
by the Flushing chief of police Wednesday of last week and held for local
officers, was brought here last Thursday and arraigned before Justice^ of
morning. He plead guilty of the
the Peace Win. B. Dunlop Friday
charge of breaking probation and was
sentenced to the county jail for thirty days," .       *
Seek Soldier AWOL
City Police received notice Monday
from the Provost Marshal at Sel-
fridge Field that Wayne J. Bills had
been away without. leave since August 26, 1946, and requested his apprehension.
Bills had formerly lived at 505 East
Fourth Street in Clare, but city police
were informed at that address that
he had moved. The residence of his
father, Howard Bills, was trac^ to
Gladwin and later to Howard City,
where he informed the police that
the son, Wayne, was living, but it
seems that he gave consisting stori
ies to City and State Police, saying
that he was on his way to Gladwin
and also that he was on his way to
Ioniav City Police notified Mt. Pleasant- State Police, who relayed the
information to the Rockford Post.
Robbed Cab Driver
William J. Jones, Saginaw Indian,
is alleged to have held up a Saginaw
Cab driver and robbed him of* ?23.00
under the pretext of being aimied,
Friday night of last week, and forcing him to drive the cab to the home
of Grant Ashquab, an Indian living
at Mt. Pleasant, where they held
him until Saturday morning.
"Saturday morning they routed the
cab driver out and took the cab and
(Continued On Page Seven)
SWEET POTATO
SAVES CITY FROM
DISASTROUS FIRE
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Geo. Wilkie Home at Colemjm "
Destroyed by Fire Last
Saturday  Noon
Fred 'DeDolph,   of   this   city,   wlaoi
had once driven his milk truck past
a two inch pipe leading from a Mas .
ritt Oil Company storage tank to _l
loading   outlet  here   Saturday   afternoon   without   mishap,   drove   bade
past the pipe at 5:30 o'clock Satire-„
day afternoon and. the   truck   struck'
the pipe and broke it off, letting _.
two inch stream of gasoline escap*
from the tank, which contained. 6,00»
gallons.
It is reported that DeDolph drove-'
into the private driveway because the
alley was blocked by an automoMle_'
As soon as he realized' what hatit •
happened, the Clare Fire Department,
was summoned, in event the gasolia_»
caught   fire,   and   City   Police  wen*
notified that the scene of the accident'
might be  guarded  against  smokera,
A   sweet  potato,   secured"' from  tbm'
Giant Super Market, was used to pluit
the pipe and hold back as much gasoline as possible, but it is estimate*!"
that 1,500 /gallons  escaped onto the
ground, creating a fire hazard.
The Merritt Oil Co., owners of tlMs
tank, were notified at Coleman aaA
tank trucks were rushed here t«_
Siphon"* the remaining gasoline frout
the tank and transfer it to storage
tanks at Coleman.
There are numerous storage tanlas
in the vicinity, buildings close by anil
a Consumers Power Co. high voltagt*-
line runs near the tank, so every
precaution was taken that the'gasoline on the ground should not catc-u
fire. A police guard was posted and,,
the fire department washed __»•
ground with water at the time ami-:
again at 10:00 o'clock Saturday evening.
The fire department was called to-
the east end of First Street at S.83>-
o'clock Friday morning of last we__"*
where fire, caused by an oil heate-v
had set a house trailer afire. The
fire was extinguished, with the daxte-
age  estimated  at  $100,
The rural fire truck was called to*
£&e ^chultz farm two miles west anft-
a'haif mfte north of Rosebush Friday-
morning, where fire had* caught in.
the second story, floor of the farxa.
home from an overheated stove pipc.
running up through the ceiling ot
the rooms below.
Neighbors haa pressed water huc?-
kets into service and had extinguis&-
ed-the fire before the fire'department
could reach the scene, but fire, water •
and smoke damage was estimated at
$500.
George  Wilkie   Home   Burns
The Coleman home of the Georgtr
Wilkies, formerly of Clare, was _te-
stroyed by fire Saturday. The ftn±
Which started about noon from aai
overheate'd furnace, was beyond control when the Coleman Fire Depail3>
ment arrived, but the households
furnishings and family's clothings*
were saved w,ith little more than.
smoke damage. -    *
The "Hyde House," as it was known
to many Coleman residents, was one
of the first homes built in Colenaa*
and has stood as a landmark then*.
for many years.
The Wilkies, who purchased tt«,
home> when they moved to Coleman
from Clare'three years ago, have nine
children, the youngest less than at
year old, and Coleman organization**
are planning benefit functions f«c
them.
Easter   Oratorio,   "The   Holy   City,"
by A. R. Gaul, which will be present-
DeMOLAY  CHAPTER  TO ed   Palm   Sunday   afternoon   in   the
SERVE PANCAKES AND"      uish' sc1*oqI auditorium,
c_nc_rP  vpi-'v  a*rw     Harry Dice  will  be  the director,
bAU&AUrl.   r__a X   Slit  and Harold Collins, the ^organist.
1 The first rehearsal will be held
The Clare DeMolay Chapter will February 1st, at 4:00 p. m. at the
; sponsor a pancake and sausage sup- church of God. For the first re-
per in the Masonic Temple Monday, hearsals, practice will beoheld in the
February 9, for Masons and their various churches, and the final re-
families and DeMolays and their hearsals will Be in the school audi-
families. . s torium.   There will be an initial fee
The forty, minute motion picture, 0_ 75,5 per member.
"Beyond Our Own," which was pro- AII singers in the community are
duced at a cost of more than & urged to be on hand for the first
million dollars, wjll be shown. Tic- rehearsal, and make this year the
Itets may be had from any member best performance yet. Besides the
of DeMolay.' ' singing, you will enjoy the f ellow-
shii> of meeting together.
Former Clare Superintendent Solves
Rochester Students' Neurotic Problems
E. Dale Kennedy, former superin- the faet that his father was seriously
tendent of the Clare Public Schools,***
has  beeil widely recognized  for his
efforts in solving the mental health
and social  problems  of the student
body and those of their parents
which reflect upon the students 'of
the Rochester, Michigan, Public
Schools, where he has heen superintendent the past several years.
Years ago Kennedy taught in a
school where a neurotic teacher
caused havoc in her classes, and Mr.
Kennedy considerable consternation
and his experience and vision haye
eventually resulted in the establishment of a psychiatric counseling program in the Rochester schoolB.    (For
considering suicide and this pote*-
tial catastrophe was prevented. ""
In the "Rochester Plan," which lias,
been in operation more than a year*.
ninety-five percent of the cases tremfc--
ed on an individual basis have hfle_t
successful.
To discover which of the clittftr__t,
need treatment, student's are asit«S-
to list anonymously two other stw-
dents they would like to have as best
friends and many students who __•*-.-
not on any "best ^friend" list ar&
found to need treatment.
Mr. Kennedy says that under _&«►■
direction of a Detroit psychiatrist,
who is  assisted in the program h?
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the benefit of those who wonder who  five other Psychiatrists and psyche*-
this teacher might have been, we will  °eists'   the   Pro-am   has   improve*
" scholarship and developed a healthy
parental attitude toward mental proib--
lems.
About sixty students are receivip-C'
group treatment, doing shop and designing work, and about twenty »*-«•>
being  treated  individually.
More than eighty mothers are attending lectures, by psychifttriets an*
all of the fifty-two teachers of Qu.
school are voluntarily taking a course
for early detection of neurotic--vemtr
dencies.
reveal that Mr, Kennedy taught in
other schools before coming to
Clare.)
Students who have apparently
lacked interest in the activities of the
school group have been treated by
the program's psychiatrists, and devoid: of their former shyness, have
taken normal interest In their associates and school activities.
In treating one student's condition
it was learned that it was "caused by
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